New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-18
VICTORY FOE TIE ELEVATgD COMPANY

nRooKIyN ENGINEERS RECOGNIZE THEIR FOLLY.
TALK OF LEAVING THE BROTHERHOOD.
The trains on the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad carried
nearly the full complement OF passengers yesterday
and General Manager Martin hopes TO resume the full
time table to-day. There Is likely to be rush OF appI
cant for pIace nv the strikers who have admitted the
of their efforts force the company to take
them back In o body, and many OF whom are ready to
abandon the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
They claim they wcro mtsed by James wright the
chairman Of their committee, who assured them that
Chief Arthur through First Grand Engineer Insraham
had ordered the strike The fact IT, that while 1ngrahan
and Sargent the head Of the Firemen's Association
actly approved the action Of tho committees OF ens
neers and In striking, they did not order tho
strike But Sargent admitted ct the investigation that
be sanctioned what the men did.
Wright was the head OF tho whole matter, and thought
he could compel the company TO make the best terms
could with the mon He also believed that the strikers
would be reinforced BY othsr steam railroad men, aud
perhaps these employed BY the street car lines Bnt
delay in consuins Chief Arthur who alone could order
other divisions OF the brotherhood to aid the strikers,
OF new men and make good show in running trains.
The Knights Labor to which erer the sroetcar
belong had not forgotten how the Brotherhood stood
aoof from them when they were wagng their struggle
for fewer hours and more pay; .,. ...,, ., ,ax
ing four non-union engineers aud nremen. and they
stood By their throtles and ran al the trains which
some other employees Of company who knew how to
ruD en- gnes were pressed into the service and
were eopst auty secured until BY the end OF the week
there was n Some OF tho new men yielded TO
tho the strikers but most OF them stood
by the company II 10 said that man who took the
place of a striker o suspended member OF tho
brotherhood who had place paying him 800 year
When he heard Of the strike he secured fortnghts
vacation and hastened to aid the company and at the
same time secure sweet revenge upon the organization
On Saturday FIVE OF the strikers applied to the company
for work. saying they had bern deceived by wright.
They were told the company would take them back
II IL could when aly vacancies occurred The talk
OF disbanding 900 OF the brotherhood Many
OF the members have purchased houses In the new
Twenty sixth Ward from their savings while with tho
company and the lack OF work will entail heavy losses
upon them
The strikers held meeting yesterday afternoon but
IL was evident from their respondent air that tney mad
given up hope Nothing done BY them but to DIS
cuss their gloomy situation They admitted their defeat
several OF wens 70 the engine h0uae Tor Their
iumpers aud the other things they kept there Their
oy hope appeared be that the men would not DO
the work FOR The company satisfactorily and their
services might be needed.
One OF them saidi "In homoly phrase. BIT on moro
than VIZ could cnev, aud have been left We ddns
count the cost before the strike, wouldn't DO
where We are The fact IL, were made confident BY
the success Of the strike the part OF the Sosrand
Avenue Railroad aud the Cable men. Who got al!
they wanted in short time But there were % few OF
us THAI 1t Easy for the company get enough men
to make show OF running the road, and then some DIS
Affected helped them to get snginssrA"